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. BELT BUCKLE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 10. 19l9.

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JOHN HOWARD TABLER, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

BELT-BUCKLE.

Application filed November 10, 1919 To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN Howann TAB- Lnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented Belt-Buckles. of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in buck ice, and relates particularly to devices of this character which are designed for use especially'in connection with a belt for supporting mens trousers.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a buckle to which one end of the belt may be securely attached or held in fixed relation after adjustment for length of the belt and the other or free end of said belt connected thereto for quick and accurate adjustment around the waist of the wearer.

A. further object of my invention is to provide a belt-buckle that will be light and simple in construction, of neat appearance, and which will permit of the adjustments being made without injury to the belt-material, so that it will be serviceable in connection with a belt made of silk or cotton webbing.

With these principal objects in view my invention provides a buckle comprising narrow side pieces with a plurality of crossbars and a cross-piece which are disposed in such manner and with relation to each other that both ends of the belt may be adjustably connected to the opposite ends thereof by frictional engagement and one end of said belt easily adjusted by simply pulling on said end after relieving the frictional en-. gagement; all as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation showing the application of my improved buckle to a belt.

Fig. 2 is an edge view of the buckle and belt.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged side view of the buckle and ends of the belt in connection therewith.

Fig. 4: is a top plan view of the buckle.

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof, and

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view through the buckle.

In carrying out my invention the buckle is stamped from sheet metal or cast to provide spaced apart side pieces 10, 10, with Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1926 Serial No. 336.851. 7

side pieces are narrow as shown in the drawings, and in forming the cross-piece and cross-bars the cross-piece 11 is disposed with its lower edge above the lower edges of the side pieces, the cross-bar 12 is dis posed on a plane below the side pieces, and the intermediate cross-bars 13, 1a and 15 disposed with their lower edges on a line with the upper edges of said side pieces; whereby the cross-bars 13 and 14 cooperate with the cross-bar 12 for the attachment of one end of the belt while the cross-bar 15 cooperates with the cross-piece l1 and its lifting-tongue for adjustably connecting the other end of the belt to the buckle, said crossbar 15 for the purpose being adjacent the cross-piece and having its lower edge a little above the lower edge of said crosspiece, so that the belt when looped over the cross-bar will impinge against the inner lower edge of the cross-piece.

In attaching my improved buckle to the belt A. one end, as a, of the latter is passed into the buckle above the cross-bar 12, under the cross-bar 13, and then over the cross-bar 14:, bringing it out between the cross-bar 12 and main portion of the belt thereby forming a loop which embraces the aforesaid cross-bar 1d and impinges against the cross-bars 18 and 12. In this manner this end of the belt is held fast or securely attached to the buckle, and of course the length of the belt with respect to the attached buckle may be readily and conveniently varied by increasing or diminishing the length of the loop. In order to hold the end of the belt or free end of the loop from swinging loose it is held to the adjoining portion of the belt by means of the slide device B, which may be of any approved form of construction.

In using the belt it is adjusted around the waist of the wearer by connecting the free end thereof to the other end of the buckle, and in this instance said end of the belt is looped around the cross-bar 15 from the inner side thereof and bringing it out be-' tween the cross-piece 11 and main portion of the belt, the free end, as a, being then pulled upon to obtain the requ red adjust adjustments at both ends of the buckle permitting'a wide range of adjustment so that the length of the belt may be varied to suit the waist-measure of the wearer and leave only a short projecting end when adjusted around the waist; it being understood, of course, that after adjustment at the rear end of the buckle for a certain waist-measure this adjustment need not be disturbed untilit is desired to vary the length of the belt,

It will be especially noted that the crossbar 12 cooperates 1n the present instance with the cross-bar 13 to securely hold the looped portion of the rear end of the belt in frictional engagement with the buckle, so that it will not yield after adjustment,

and therefore will not be afiected in the handlingof the belt, the slide-loop B not being for the purpose of reinforcing this adjustment but merely to hold the end portion from swinging loose.

Having described my invention, claim:

1. In. combination with a belt, buckle comprising'opposite side pieces a depressed cross-bar at the rear end of tie buckle, raised cross-bars spaced apart from each other and from the rear cross-bar to cooperate with the latter for holding one end of the belt in looped engagement with that one of the last mentioned cross-bars farthest from the rear cross-bar, a frontcross-piece between the upper edges of the side pieces, a forwardly-projecting lifting-tongue on a said cross-piece, and a raised cross-bar in the rear of the front cross-piece over which the other end of the belt is looped for de tachable and frictional engagement with the front end of the buckle, substantially'as shown. and described.

2. In combination with a belt, a buckle comprising opposite side pieces curved upwardly longitudinally, a depressed cross-bar between the side pieces at the rear end of the buckle, raised cross-bars spaced apart from each other and from the rear cross-bar to cooperate with the latter for holding the rear end of the belt in looped engagement with that one of the last mentioned crossbars farthest from the rear cross-bar, a front cross-piece with forwardly-projecting lifting-tongue between the upper edges of the side pieces, and a raised cross-bar in the rear of the front cross-piece over which the forward end of the belt is looped for detachable and frictional engagement with the front end of the buckle, substantially as shown and described.

8. In combination with a belt, a buckle comprising opposite side pieces curved upwardly longitudinally, a depressed cross-bar between the side pieces at the rear end of the buckle, raised cross-bars spaced apart from each other and from the rear cross-bar to cooperate with the latter for holding the rear end of the belt in looped engagement with that one of the lastmentioned crossbars farthest from the rear cross-bar, a front cross-piece with forwardly projecting lifting-tongue between the upper edges of the side pieces, and a raised crossbar in the rear of the front cross-piece over which the forward end of the belt is looped for detachable and frictional engagement with the front end of the buckle; together with means for slidably connecting the projecting rear end of the belt to the body portion of said. belt, substantially as shown and described.

JOHN HOWARD TABLER. 

